The Bird Population of a Settled Valley in the West Usambaras, Tanganyika Territory

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
The authors record 62 spp., of which 50 were residents. The average density in the Kongei valley was 3 birds per acre, but the actual density was very unequal. The grassland supported about 1 bird to 3 acres, the cultivated ground was very sparsely populated, and the bushland was densly populated. The most frequent spp. were Xanthophilus aureoflavus (29%), bulbuls (15%), colies (9%), Othyphantes reichenowi (6%), Fiscus collaris humeralis (6%). The 50 yrs. since the rain forest of the area was cleared is apparently insufficient for the establishment of a dry-country avifauna to replace the rain-forest species which have gone.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: